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show up
verb
- to reveal or be revealed clearly
- tr to expose or reveal the faults or defects of by comparison
- informal.tr to put to shame; embarrass
he showed me up in front of my friends
- informal.intr to appear or arrive
Example Sentences
To them and the public at large the annual dinner has become an 鈥渆vent鈥 where you show up just 鈥渢o be seen,鈥 and the core mission has been abandoned.
As a primary care doctor, I am the one to treat folks who show up with preventable cancers because they were too afraid to think about what their out-of-pocket costs would be.
When Anthony's parents had a likely ill-advised press conference last week, asking people to leave them alone, Jeff Metcalf showed up and had to be escorted out by police.
But I鈥檝e also found treasures at small local thrift shops, the kind of surprises that don鈥檛 show up in an algorithm.
鈥淢aybe he was tired of hearing me talk about taxes 鈥 I don鈥檛 blame him!鈥 said the 35-year-old, who had been reporting from the IRS before showing up for the April 15 appointment.
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